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  Mecklenburg’s Switzerland in Europe
The roots of the Mecklenburg people are truly multiethnic and in the course of history they have done much to preserve this status.
In Sweden, Albert von Mecklenburg (1338-1412) wrote a chapter in royal history when he was king for twenty-six years.
Somewhat longer was the chapter begun by king Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden when he landed in Mecklenburg in 1630, in the middle of the turmoil of the Thirty Years’ War.
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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg being obliged to recognize Danish supremacy in the reign of Henry Burwy I (1178-1227).
Albert II (died 1379) and John I (died 1392), were made dukes and princes of the empire by the Emperor Charles IV.
Mecklenburg of priests not natives of the country; these measures were so strictly enforced that the private chaplain of Herr von der Kettenburg was taken over the boundary by gendarmes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10107a.htm   (3887 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Albert of Sweden
Albert of Sweden (or Albrecht von Mecklenburg in German or Albrekt av Mecklenburg in Swedish) was born in 1338 and became king of Sweden in 1363.
Eufemia Ericsdotter, Duchess Consort of Mecklenburg, was born as a heiress of Sweden and of Norway, in 1317, and died sometime in 1370.
Albert of Mainz (1490-1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
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 Albert II of Mecklenburg information - Search.com
Albert arranged his eldest son, the future Henry III of Mecklenburg, to marry the eldest daughter and potential heiress of King Waldemar IV of Denmark.
Albert's father's paternal great-grandmother, a Scandinavian noblewoman named Christina, who was the wife of Henry Borwin II of Mecklenburg, was claimed at least by later tradition to have been a daughter of King Sverker II of Sweden.
Albert's father's maternal grandmother, a Scandinavian noblewoman named Marianna, who was the first wife of Duke Barnim I of Pomerania (d 1278), lord of Wolgast, was claimed to have been a daughter of King Eric X of Sweden and his wife Richeza of Denmark.
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 Brunswick, Germany (Duchy) - LoveToKnow 1911
The bulk of these lands came subsequently to Henry's grandson, Otto, and in 1235 the emperor Frederick II., anxious to be reconciled with the Welfs, recognized Otto's title and created him duke of Brunswick and Luneburg.
This claim was disregarded by the council of regency, and the Bundesrat declared that the accession of the duke of Cumberland would be inimical to the peace and security of the empire on account of his attitude towards Prussia.
Albert died in September 1906, and after some futile negotiations with the duke of Cumberland, the Brunswick diet chose Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Margaret I of Denmark
Her first act after her father's death in (1375) was to procure the election of her infant son Olaf as king of Denmark, despite the claims of the husband of her elder sister and her son (the husband was duke Henry of Mecklenburg).
On February 24, 1389, Albert ("Albrecht"), who had returned from Mecklenburg with an army of mercenaries, was routed and taken prisoner at Aasle near Falköping, and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
She purchased the island of Gotland from its actual possessors, Albert of Mecklenburg and the Livonian Order, and the greater part of Schleswig was regained in the same way.
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 Albert of Sweden - Wikipedia
Albert of Mecklenburg or Albrekt av Mecklenburg (appr.
1336-1412), King of Sweden, Duke of Mecklenburg, son of Albert II of Mecklenburg[?] and Eufemia Eriksdotter, who was daughter to Magnus II of Sweden.
The principal agents behind the throne were his father Albert II of Mecklenburg and the advisors of the Privy Council.
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 Victoria And Albert Museum
Albert III of Austria, Duke of Austria 1365-1395
Albert VI of Austria, Duke of Austria (ruler of InnerAustria) 1446-1463
Albert I of Belgium reigning 1909 - 1934
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 Margaret I of Denmark - InformationBlast
On February 24, 1389, Albert, who had returned from Mecklenburg with an army of mercenaries, was routed and taken prisoner at Aasle near Falköping, and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
Stockholm then almost entirely a German city, still held out; fear of Margaret induced both the Mecklenburg princes and the Wendish towns to hasten to its assistance; and the Baltic and the North Sea speedily swarmed with the privateers of the Viktualien brodre or Vitalianer, so called because their professed object was to revictual Stockholm.
Gotland she purchased from its actual possessors, Albert of Mecklenburg and the Livonian Order, and the greater part of Schleswig was regained in the same way.
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 Ancestors and Family of Albert II von Mecklenburg
Ancestors and Family of Albert II von Mecklenburg
Erik made common cause with the nobility and his uncle, Albert of Mecklenburg, against his father; and in 1356 Magnus was forced to share the kingdom with his son, who received Finland and Götaland.
Albert married Euphemia Eriksdottir, daughter of Erik Magnusson and Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter, on 10 Apr 1336.
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 Origins
Mecklenburg was one of the areas in Europe that was most affected by the emigration movement.
Family legend indicates that Albert Severt and his parents were peasant farmers and sheepherders in Germany and the prospect of them acquiring property was very slight.
Albert and Mathilda, and his brother John and his wife and their children probably traveled together to the Auburndale area, leaving the parents in Kiel, Wisconsin.
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 Prince Ernest Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by ZOFFANY, Johann
Prince Ernest Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by ZOFFANY, Johann
Zoffany was born near Frankfurt-am-Main and in 1760 travelled to England, where he won success as a painter of conversation pieces and theatrical scenes.
Both qualities are apparent in the portrait of Prince Ernest Gottlob Albert of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, where the sitter leans nonchalantly against a chair and looks away from the viewer.
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 Albert Fennell Art Gallery Featuring Albert Fennell Works Of Art.
Albert is as proficient in oil as he is in pastel or ink.
Albert Fennell was born in San Diego, California, and his talent was evident at the early age of five when he started drawing in-depth pictures of cartoon characters.
As a young man in the 6th grade at Ocean View Elementary School, Albert's landscape done in tempera paint was selected in a district-wide competition and was exhibited in the San Diego Museum of Art.
www.thecollectionshop.com /Albert_Fennell.asp   (242 words)

  
 Margrethe I
On the 24th of February 1389, Albert, who had returned from Mecklenburg with an army of mercenaries, was routed and taken prisoner at Aasle near Falköping, and Margaret was now the omnipotent mistress of three kingdoms.
Finally the Hansa intervened, and by the compact of Lindholm (1395) Albert was released by Margaret on promising to pay 60,000 marks within three years, the Hansa in the meantime to hold Stockholm in pawn.
Gotland she purchased from its actual possessors, Albert of Mecklenburg and the Livonian Order, and the greater part of Schleswig was regained in the same way.
www.nndb.com /people/080/000095792   (925 words)

  
 Mecklenburg-Strelitz Royal Family
Albert Maria is the present Head of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis
Günther Victor had succeeded his cousin George Albert as Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1890 and another distant cousin Prince Karl Günther of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1830-1909) (son of Prince Günther II Friedrich of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1801-1889) and his first wife Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) (1809-1833), thus uniting the two lines and assuming the title Prince of Schwarzburg.
Count Georg assumed the title Duke of Mecklenburg which was recognised by the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 29 December 1929.
www.btinternet.com /%7Eallan_raymond/Mecklenburg_Strelitz_Royal_Family.htm   (1591 words)

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